Gothic Horror

Gothic horror is a genre of literature that has elements of both romance and horror. Although it is sometimes confused with paranormal romance, according to some horror writers, gothic horror is considered a more atmospheric type of literature.

See Gothic.
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The Sacred Space Between
The Devil in Oxford (Ruby Vaughn, #3)
I'll Make a Spectacle of You
Hazelthorn
All of Us Murderers
Cinder House
The Graceview Patient
The Hong Kong Widow
Savage Blooms (Unearthly Delights, #1)
The Last Witch
How to Fake a Haunting
Atlas of Unknowable Things
The Works of Vermin
Psychopomp & Circumstance
House of Splinters
Mexican Gothic
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
Hungerstone
Hazelthorn
Diavola
The Possession of Alba Díaz
Blood on Her Tongue
The Hacienda
The Bog Wife
My Darling Dreadful Thing
Juniper & Thorn
The Last Witch
The Devil and Mrs. Davenport
Brat
Dracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeVarney the Vampire, Volume I by Thomas Peckett Prest
Penny Dreadful
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettGoing Postal by Terry PratchettThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
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Dracula
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Mexican Gothic
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Haunting of Hill House
Carmilla
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Rebecca
The Turn of the Screw
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
The Phantom of the Opera
Wuthering Heights
The Castle of Otranto
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

Aran Maza
The darkness and the night made her see monsters where there were only shadows, screams where a creaking door opened, whispers where the wind swayed.
Aran Maza, Garden Of Shadows

Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray; The Complete Short Stories; The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

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